دمه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دمه (dama, bellows).

Noun

دمه • (deme)

  1. bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity
    Synonyms: كوروك (körük), كیر (kir), منفاخ (minfah)

Descendants

  • Turkish: deme

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

دم (dam) + ـَه (-a).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.mä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ä.mä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪ä.mä]

Readings
Classical reading? dama
Dari reading? dama
Iranian reading? dame
Tajik reading? dama

Noun

دمه • (dama)

  1. bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity
  2. a cold breeze

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دمه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 906a
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